Toy animal and method of making the same



Wed 18 1923.

L. MYERS TOY ANIMAL AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Jam 18, 1922 IIVI/E/VTOR Leonard My By g ' A ATTORNEYS WITNESSES patented fies l 1923 LEONARD MYERS, OF GLOVEESVILLE, KEV] YORK.

TOY ANIMAL AND METHOD 01E MAKING THE SAME.

Application filed January 18, 1922. Serial No. 530,046.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD Mrnns, a citizen of the United States and a resident of Gloversville, in the county of Fulton and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toy Animals and Methods of Making the Same, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in toy animals and methods of manufacturing the same, an object of the invention being to provide a toy animal formed of sheep-skin,

llama-skin,

or other animal skin, which will be very'attractive and lifelike in appearance, and will prove an interesting and amusing plaything for children.

A further object is to provide a device of this character so constructed that it may be washed with soap and water without injuring the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel method of manufacturing the toys so that they will be exceedingly strong and durable in use, and capable of withstanding a great deal without breaking, tearing, or being of rough handling pulled out of shape.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and ar rangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the clain Referring 1n detail to the drawings, my improved toy is formed of a number of pieces of sheepskin or similar material desig nated by the reference numeral 2. These pieces are sewed together on the leather side, the skin having been previously cut in ac cordance with any desired pattern to give the desired shape. I have shown in the drawings a toy bear, and in Figure 2, T have shown one half of the skin which forms the toy with the head portion attached thereto ready for stuffing and attachment to the remaining half of the toy.

It will be noted that the stitching 3 which connects the various pieces of skin is located on the leather side so that no seams appear on the woolly outside of the toy. The lower ends of the hollow legs l are closed by sewing pieces of suitably treated leather 5 therein which constitute the soles of the foot portions of the legs. The: leather 5 represents the feet of the animal. Small pieces of skin 6 sewed to the head represent the ears and these pieces are attached to the head in such a manner that the leather side 7 is ezrposed, representing the inside of the animals ears and giving a more lifelike appearance to the toy.

Representations of the nose 8 and mouth 9 are made by sewing dark colored threads on the head of the toy after the same has been stuffed. The eyes 10 are attached in a unique manner to prevent their being pulled out. Each of the eyes is attached to a length of wire 11, which pierces the head of the animal and is twisted inside of the head, as indicated at 12 to effectively prevent the eyes from being pulled out. The lifelike appearance of the toy is further enhanced by the provision of a number of spaced stitches 13 of dark colored thread at the forward ends of the leather feet 5, these stitches serving to represent the claws of the bear. A collar 1 L may be provided, or the animal may be otherwise decorated to suit the trade. The animal is stuffed with sterilized goats hair,indicated at 15. This stuffing used in connection with the genuine sheepskin permits the toy to be washed with soap and water with out damaging the same in any manner. The leather lined feet and ears, the particular manner of attaching the eyes and the way in which the representations of the nose, mouth and claws are formed, all cooperate to provide toy which is practically indestructible.

As hereinhefore suggested, I have also invented a new method of forming the toys. By my improved method the various sections of the skin are out in accordance with a suitable pattern and the sections are sewed together on the leather side, the two halves of the bear being formed in this manner. The legs of the toy are then turned inside out and the sections are partially joined together, leaving a sufficient opening for the entrance of the stnfling material, which is preferably the goats hair, as above mentioned. After the stnfling operation has been completed, the sewing together of the sections is also completed, the claws, nose and month are sewed on, and the collar attached to conceal the external lines of stitching around the neck of the animal. It will of course be understood that the leather feet are sewed in and the eyes attached before the skin is turned inside out for stuffing.

It will of course be evident that other animal skin, beside sheepskin and llama skin might be used and" that the toys might beconstructed in various shapes to represent animals other than bears; 7

Although I- have illustrated one of the preferred embodiments of my invention, it will be apparent that variousslight changes and alterations might be made in the'gen'eral form and arrangement of the p arts described without departing from the invention, and hence I do not wish to limitmyself-to the precise details setforth, but shallconsider myself at liberty to make snchslight changes and alterations as rainy fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

As a new article of manufacture a toy bear formed of pieces of animal skin sewed together with the woolly side out to form the head, body and legs and the whole stufied, pieces of leather secured to the lower ends of the legs to extend below the same and form therewith feet, the forwardend's' of the feet being providedwith spaced stitches to represent claws, ears formed of pieces of similar skin sewed to the head with the woolly side ontand exposing the leather side to represent the inside of the ears, eyes each carried by a wire'e'zitending into the inside of the he'ad and twisted with the twisted port-ion resting against the inside of the head, and threads contrasting in color to the color'of the wool of the" skin and sewed onto the head to represent the noseand mouth? V LEONARD MYERS. 

